Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Morton College is
in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of
1974 and its amendments, and provides the following annual notice of rights
accorded students under this law.

Information Available for Inspection

As outlined in
FERPA, Morton College students have the right to inspect and review information
contained in their official educational records within 30 days of the day the
college receives a request for access. Such records include information on
academic grades, application for admission, college and secondary school
transcripts, student placement, financial aid and other materials.

Students
wishing to inspect their records should submit a written request to the
Coordinator of Student Record Services in the Office of Admission and Records.
The office of Admissions and Records will make arrangements for access and
notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.

For more information, contact the Office of Admissions and Records at
(708) 656-8000 Ext. 2346.

Information Unavailable for Inspection

As outlined by
FERPA, students may not inspect or review the following:

Honors to which
they have waived their rights of inspection and review

Educational records
containing information about more than one student (in this example, the
student may see only the part of the record pertaining to themselves)

The College is not
required to allow students to inspect or review confidential letters and
recommendations placed in their files before January 1, 1975, if those letters
were collected under established policies of confidentiality and used only for
the purpose collected.

In addition,
students may not inspect or review student records kept by instructors or
College staff that are in their sole possession and which are not accessible or
have not been revealed to any individual, except a temporary substitute. Also,
students may not review records maintained separately for on-campus law
enforcement or employment records, except those positions requiring student
status and for alumni records.

Guidelines for Releasing Information to Others

Morton College will
not release to any individual or agency, nor permit them to access the
educational records of a student except directory information without the
student’s written consent. This restriction does not apply to:

Morton College
administrators, faculty, staff or other school officials demonstrating a
legitimate educational interest

State and federal
offices requiring specific institutional reports

Agencies or
officials presenting a judicial order or subpoena

Persons needing to
protect the healt or safety of a student or other people in an emergency

Student directory
information may be made public, at the discretion of the College, without the
written consent of a student under the following conditions:

The College must
publicly announce its intention to make directory information available

The type of
information it will disclose

The procedure a
student can follow to deny in writing the right of the College to publish this
information

FERPA Complaints

Students have the
right to file a complaints with the U.S. Department of Education concerning
alleged failures by Morton College to comply with the requirements of FERPA.